Mike Brearley

On Form

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year

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Produktbeschreibung

A thought-provoking look at being 'on form', psychoanalyst Mike Brearley aims to help people in all walks of life on the kinds of conditions that can both obstruct or free us.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 839g
• ISBN-13: 9781408707357
• ISBN-10: 1408707357
• Artikelnr.: 48441421

Autorenporträt

Mike Brearley OBE was educated at Cambridge, where he read classics and moral sciences, and captained the university. He played for Middlesex County Cricket Club intermittently from 1961 to 1983, captaining the side from 1971 to 1982. He first played for England in 1976 and captained the side from 1977 to 1980, winning seventeen test matches and losing only four. He was recalled to the captaincy in 1981 for the Ashes home series, leading England to one of their most famous victories. Since retiring from cricket in 1982, he trained and continues to work as a psychoanalyst, and is a lecturer on leadership and motivation. He is the author of the bestselling The Art of Captaincy, and has written on cricket and the psychology of sport for the Observer and most recently The Times. He lives in London.